Pack-harness.



H. H. HAUGHT.

PACK HARNESS.

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1,1 14,472. Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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WITNESSES INVENTUR finryfff/Zzay/IZ W 11 ATTORNEYS Ir-1E NORRIS PETERS CU. PHDTO-L!THO.. WASHINGTON D. L'

H. H. HAU GHT.

PACK HARNESS.-

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 10. 1913.

1,114,472. Patented 0ct.20,1914.

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INVENTOR Enryfl Hauy/TZ ATTORNEYS THE NORRIS PETERS CO PHUTOd-ITHO WASHINGTOILV. D. C.

F HENRY H. -HAUGHT, F PAYSO'N,

HILLIeAss, OFPAYSON, ARIZONA.

, PACK-HARNESS.

To all whom it may 00mm p vBe itknown that LIIENRY HAUGH'IP, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Payson, in the county of Gila and State of Arizona, have invented a new and Im-' proved Pack-Harnessfofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates toaharness for securing packs onpack an1mals,and part1cu larly to a novel pack harness formed of a single rope or equivalent flexible tying inedium, which is formed into loops to embrace the right hand and left hand packs, and'into detachably connected members forming What may be'termed abellyband united by poi acting cinch elements, together With a sad- ,idle rig having right andleft and front and back guide means with which the tier'ope has runni'ngengagement, therefbemg, a catch packs Willbe ,anrmal.

ing drawings forming a J cation, in which similar characters of refertosecurean end of the ropeafter the latter has been adjusted totightly embrace the ,,pac;ks. 1 An object of the invention is to provide a] pack harness Which inay be conveniently manipulated, and by means of Which the properly held in place on the The invention will be particularly ex plained in the specificfdescription following. a, Reference is 'tobe had to the accompanypart of this "specifi indicate corresponding parts in all the views. i I

Figure l is a side elevationfof a pack. harness embodying the invention, showing the same applied; Fig. 2 is a rear View of the pack harness, on an enlarged scale, Fig. 3 is a'plan view With the harness in position, the position of the harness relatively to the packs and the animal being indicated by the conventional representation of the latter;

' Fig. 4 is a plan View of the harness With the various features assembled and arranged approximately in the positions they will 00- cupy When in use, andfmore or less arbitrarily displayed in the interest of clearness Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail View, partly in section, of the back guide member and catch formingpart of the saddle rig; Fig. 6 is a crossvsection on an enlarged scale, on the line "A plication filed December 10, 1913. Serial in, 865,833

equipped with, a catch to grip 1 an I member 12 and given Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd 2 0,

6 6 ofFig 4:; andFigf7 is at cross section 5 i I on an enlarged scale on ;the; line i7' f 7 of Fig-,4. p ,o

In carrying "out the embodiment of p Y plained, "the rope being equipped \With a c nch designated and left hand guideeleinents 12, 13,,a1front guide element 1% and a back guide 15,

rope.

Preferablythe right hand and left hand Therope lOis doubled on itself, the rope at them bend having running engagement the harness, and one of said strands (17) has running engagement through a fronteye l3 ofthe left handguidelS, from hich the ropelhas a stretch 18 to running as'at "18 to :tjhe right handguide "a running engagement and throughjan eye lt'on the frontguidel l, the rope then- AnIzonAfAssIGNjoRoF ONE-HALF T0 WILLIAM H,

generallyby the numeral l1, and asaddle Jrigincluding 1 :ight hand- I endIof the 1 guide men'iberfs' l2, '13, are riveted or otherw se permanently fastened to a transvyerse saddle or strap section 16. 7O

I v e on thecinchfllj-From, if the cinchboth strands 17', 7 17 extend npa wardly at; one; side, preferably the left of with said guide through a front eye 12* thereon. From the eye l2 the'rope passes downward as 'atl9, and carries at its end. a cinch ringll", or other equivalent element or formation'ada 'ated to engage thehook 1 1 of the cinch '11. Tracing ness, it Will be observed, particularly from v fromthefcinchll the otherstretch (1'?) at the left of the har- Fig. gth at it extends througha rear eye 13 o I on the left hand guide 13 of the saddle rig, thence as indicated at 20 tothe back guide 15, andthronjghpa guide eye 15"-on thelatter to run freelyfitln'ough the said eye! the guide eye 15? the rope extends, as to-and through a rearguide 12 on the hand guide member 12, into a loep Q2 to embrace the right hand packA, an junda-a hook 14 von theffront guide fromywhich.point. the rope is formed into a loop From at 21, right and is then formed 23 embracing" the left,

55 a e a my 'invention,}.a single stretch of rope, which is designated gener-fl ally 'by the numeral, 10, or other flexible tylng medium is employed, andis givencertain loops and bendSI, as" hereinafter eX-v hand packB, and under a hook 15 on the back guide 15, the freeend 1O being held by a catch 15.

The catch 15 is here shownas in the form 5 of a toothed gripping lever, one arm 15 of which will be pressed upon by the rope as it passes from the final guide hook 15 to the toothed end 15 of the catch. The pressure of the rope on the arm 15 when the rope is drawn taut tends to press the toothed end against the rope, pressing the latter against a flange 15 Thecatch' and flange are provided on a lateral arm 15 of the guide element 15. p v

Inuse, the cinch elements being separated by detaching the ring 11 from the hook 11, the harness is thrown over the animals back, the'sa'ddle rig resting onthe back of the animal, with the strap 16 ranging transversely. The elements 17 19, which constitute in effect a bellyband, are now brought together under the horses barrel and the cinch elements connected by engaging the ring ll with the hook 11. The strand 17 of the left hand member of the bellyband is now tightened up, which will successively draw the members 17, 18, 18 and 19 taut; the proper pull is now exerted to make taut the membersQO, 21, of the rope, and the latter formed into the bend 23, and caused to embrace the right hand pack A, the said loop beingtightened on the right hand pack by engaging the rope under the hook 142 of the forward guide, The packer now places theleft handpack B invposition and forms theloop 23 around said pack, tightening up by engaging the rope under the hook 15 of the rear guide and running the same between the catch 15 and the flange 15 It will be obvious that when the packer tightens up by a pull on the free end 10 the rope will be automatically gripped by the catch 15 and held a ainst retro rade movement.

7T D b having thus '(lBSCllbGCl, my invention, I

' claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A pack harness comprising a flexible tying medium formed with separable bellyband sections, a cinch formed of co-acting elements on the respective sections, and a saddle rig having side guides formed each with a pair of guide eyes, and intermediate guides each having a guide eye and a guide hook, the tying medium'having permament running engagement with the various guide eyes of all the guides and presenting a free end portion of a length to form right and left pack loops and adapted to detachably engage the guide hooks on the intermediate guides.

2. A pack harness, comprising a flexible tying medium in a single piece doubled on itself and formed into separable bellyband sections, one of'which is a terminal of the tying medium, and the other of which is formed of the doubled portion presenting a bend, a cinch element on each of the bellyband sections, one of said elements having running engagement with the tying medium at the band, and a saddle ring comprising a plurality of guide elements with which the tying medium has running engagement, said tying medium extending from one of the bellyband sections transversely through certain of the guide elements to the opposite side and having a length to embrace right and left packs, there being an additional guide element to engage the said tying medium betweenthe right and left packs, and a final guideelement for the free end of the tying medium.

A pack harness, comprising a flexible tying medium, separable cinch members, and a saddle rig having side guide elements and front and back guide elements, one of the cinch members being on an end of the tying medium, the said medium being doubled on itself presenting bends having running engagement with the other cinch memher, the tying medium extending from the respective cinch members in the form of bellyband sections, and from said sections transversely in opposite directions through guide elements of the saddle'rig, the tying medium at one end presenting a free portion of a length to form right and left pack loops, and there being an additional guide member adapted to detachably engage-the tying medium at an intermediate point between the pack loops and a further, guide element "for the terminal of the free portion.

a. A packharness comprising a single pieceof rope doubled on itself to present a bend and form one side section of a bellyband; a cinch element having running engagement with. the rope at the bend; and a saddle righaving side guides and front and back guides, one stretch of the doubled I re e extending permanently transversely through both'side'guides and an intermediate guide, and continued to form' a second bellyband section, the latter having a cinch element adapted to detachably engage the cinch element at the bend of the rope; the second stretch of the doubled rope extending permanentlytransversely through both the said guides and an intermediate guide and presenting a free end portion of a'length to form right and left pack loops, there be ing additional guide members on the front and back guides with which the said free end portion is adapted to have detachable engagement; the said rope having running engagement with the several guides.

5. A pack harness comprising a flexible tying medium formed with separable bellyband sections, a cinch formed of co-acting elements on the respectlve sections, and a saddle rig having side guides formed each With a pair of guide eyes, and intermediate 3 guides each having a guide eye and a guide ing a fastening device the free end portion. a In testimony whereof. I have signed my for the terminal of name to this specificationin the presen'ceof two subscribing Witnesses.

, HENRY HAUGHT. Witnesses:

GEORGE A. RANDALL, WILLIAM C. MCLA'CHLAN.

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